| switch | (noun) the act of changing one thing or position for another | Synonyms: shift, switching |
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| (noun) a basketball maneuver; two defensive players shift assignments so that each guards the player usually guarded by the other | - |
| (noun) a flexible implement used as an instrument of punishment | - |
| (noun) control consisting of a mechanical or electrical or electronic device for making or breaking or changing the connections in a circuit | Synonyms: electric switch, electrical switch |
| (noun) railroad track having two movable rails and necessary connections; used to turn a train from one track to another or to store rolling stock | - |
| (noun) hairpiece consisting of a tress of false hair; used by women to give shape to a coiffure | - |
| (noun) an event in which one thing is substituted for another | Synonyms: permutation, replacement, substitution, transposition |
| switchblade | (noun) a pocketknife with a blade that springs open at the press of a button | Synonyms: flick-knife, flick knife, switchblade knife |
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| switchboard | (noun) telephone central where circuits are completed with patchcords | Synonyms: patchboard, plugboard |
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| switcher | (noun) a person who administers punishment by wielding a switch or whip | Synonyms: whipper |
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| switcheroo | (noun) a sudden unexpected switch | - |
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| switching | (noun) the act of changing one thing or position for another | Synonyms: shift, switch |
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| switchman | (noun) a man who operates railroad switches | - |
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| swither | (noun) agitation resulting from active worry | Synonyms: fret, lather, stew, sweat |
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